January 2014 MMA News Archive

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UFC 172 is filling up quickly, and a fantastic Flyweight matchup has just been announced. Former #1 contender, Joseph Benavidez, will look to get back in the win column when he takes on Tim Elliott in Baltimore.

UFC president Dana White reveals how much other MMA fighters like Pat Barry, including a certain former UFC champion, 'Brock Lesnar doesn't f---ing like anybody, but he really likes Pat Barry and has a lot of respect for Pat Barry.'

The first Pancrase card of 2014 will be headlined by a bantamweight title match between defending champion Shintaro Ishiwatari and challenger Yo Saito, and will also feature the return of veteran welterweight Yuki Kondo.

Elias Garcia had been through U.S. Coast Guard boot camp, as well as search and rescue in Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina to start a military career that continued with some high-intensity situations in the coming years.

"It’s the worst injury I’ve ever heard of, ever, in this sport, and you hear about those types of injuries in football. Apparently, when she came into the gym -- and again, she was hysterical when I talked to her, crying -- she was training in her gym and one of her training partners, a guy, was saying to her, ‘oh, you’re wearing your Ultimate Fighter shirt, we’re real scared.’ He says that and was talking smack to her and then basically attacked her."
"He jumped on her back, started cranking her neck, and the way she fell her knee blew out. The most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard in my life. A year-and-a-half to two years she’ll be out, and I told her to leave that disgusting gym and go somewhere else with new coaches, new training partners, whatever. And that’s all I know."

A pair of undefeated recent UFC debut winners will meet in April in Baltimore.
According to a report from Combate, Brazil’s Bethe Correia (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will meet Jessamyn Duke (3-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at UFC 172. UFC officials have not yet made the bout official.
UFC 172 takes place April 26 at Baltimore Arena in Baltimore. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.